#How to play sounds in soundplant software

The page/line box I can see is also a useful feature for theatrical type shows. Other than that I like the features, loop is good and being able to jump round the cue stack is also handy. Reason being that the space bar is quite easy to accidentally catch if you were using hot keys to fire cues. I like the Spacebar as a GO button, but think it might be useful if you could assign your own key for the GO button, maybe a small choice of Space, Enter, Tab etc. Not sure how easy this would be to implement though! If this were possible it would save having to edit files in an external editor before hand, for which there often isn't time when the client hands you a pile of CD's 30mins before the show and says I want to use x,y & z tracks for the awards. in and automatically fade out at x point. It would be good if you could load a whole track as a cue and then say start from 30 secs.

#How to play sounds in soundplant software

Reason being, most of the time I and my colleagues use software like this is at awards shows for 'stings'.

One feature which I think would be useful, it would be nice if you could set when in a track a cue starts and finishes. I might be missing something, but had a good look and can't see any way of disabling/enabling hot keys (though this would be a useful feature also). Couple of things I will say, firstly I've assigned hot keys to cues but when hitting the relevant key the cue is not being fired. Had a quick play before I go out and finish my Christmas shopping (yawn) and your definitely on the right tracks, simple interface and intuitive to use. Soundplant users include DJs, musicians, sound engineers, educators, broadcasters, and more, like bands Man or Astro-Man? and Nile, the BBC, the NFL's Tennessee Titans, National Public Radio, and Disney.Got the software, thank you. Users love its rock-solid stability for live events, its simple 1 sound per 1 key metaphor which eliminates the complications of other software samplers, and its ultra-optimized use of the computer keyboard with lowest-possible latency requiring no external devices or MIDI. Soundplant, now in its 15th year and winner of multiple awards, was designed to do one thing and do it well: to trigger sound files from the computer keyboard with maximum speed, efficiency, and ease of use. Launch an unlimited number of Soundplant instances to expand polyphony and output to multiple audio devices simultaneously. Playing sounds are displayed with a progress bar and track time, and you can turn on 'background key input' to trigger sounds while using any other software with Soundplant hidden. A simple graphic interface provides for drag-and-drop configuration of each key and several options which control the way each sound is triggered, with several non-destructive realtime effects.

Because it is a standalone software sampler that uses your own sounds, Soundplant is an infinitely flexible electronic instrument limited only by the variety of sounds that you feed it. Use it as a performance, presentation, or sound design tool, as a drum pad, to mix together tracks in realtime, to create music or loops, or to trigger sound effects or background tracks during a show. It can assign sound files of unlimited size and any format onto 72 keyboard keys, giving you hours of instantly-playing audio at your fingertips with no extra hardware needed.

Soundplant is a digital audio performance program that turns your computer keyboard (yes, your QWERTY keyboard) into a versatile, low latency sample-triggering device and playable instrument.